Comments on: Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking http://selfleadership.com/blog/topic/nlp/overcomming-the-fear-of-public-speaking/ Leading People to Lead People Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:34:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Duane Smith http://selfleadership.com/blog/topic/nlp/overcomming-the-fear-of-public-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-2133 Duane Smith Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:31:39 +0000 http://selfleadership.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-2133 I failed the first grade because I could not read. I failed algebra five times. I failed English in the first grade. I graduated high school with a 1.9gpa on propbation for bad behavior. I failed out of three different community colleges. In 1991 a college professor asked me if I was retarded -- but that same year another college professor told me that I had a presence for public speaking.... Now I am a tenured public speaking professor, and the director of a nationally ranked competitive public speaking program. Public speaking is empowering! Duane Smith I failed the first grade because I could not read. I failed algebra five times. I failed English in the first grade. I graduated high school with a 1.9gpa on propbation for bad behavior. I failed out of three different community colleges. In 1991 a college professor asked me if I was retarded — but that same year another college professor told me that I had a presence for public speaking….

Now I am a tenured public speaking professor, and the director of a nationally ranked competitive public speaking program. Public speaking is empowering!

Duane Smith

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